Explore BE Building and Architectural Engineering – QUEST Nawabshah at University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar, including duration, eligibility and connected admission resources.

BE Building and Architectural Engineering at QUEST Nawabshah is a four-year engineering degree offered in the morning shift and listed among the 14 BE disciplines open for Batch-26 (2026) admission. It is a civil-engineering-family programme that adds architectural design to structural and building-services content.

Program Overview

The degree covers building materials, structural design, building services such as plumbing, electrical and HVAC, architectural drawing and design studio, building codes, construction technology, quantity surveying and project management. Students learn to coordinate the architectural intent of a building with its structural and mechanical systems, a skill gap that is often felt on Pakistani construction sites.

It suits students who want more design freedom than plain civil engineering offers but who still want a PEC-registrable engineering degree rather than a five-year Bachelor of Architecture. Good drawing ability and interest in buildings help, and candidates must still meet the 60 percent intermediate requirement for BE admission.

Quick Facts

Degree	BE (Bachelor of Engineering)
Duration	4 years (8 semesters, semester system since Batch-17) – Source: QUEST undergraduate programmes page
Department / Faculty	Faculty of Engineering (Civil Engineering group)
Campus	QUEST main campus, Sakrand Road, Nawabshah (Shaheed Benazirabad), Sindh
Intake	Once a year (Batch-26 for 2026; applications opened 25 April 2026)
Official page	quest.edu.pk/programmes/undergraduate.php

Eligibility Criteria

The official 2026 notice sets the bar for BE admission at a minimum of 60 percent marks in HSC-II, DAE or equivalent, with Hifz-ul-Quran marks and grace marks excluded; passing years from 2021 to 2026 are accepted, and SSC-II must not be older than 2019. Pre-engineering is the standard group; pre-medical candidates are accepted only for Biomedical Engineering. Software Engineering and Computer Systems Engineering candidates may check the prospectus for the ICS group rule. Regular and self-finance seats are for candidates domiciled in Sindh; applicants from other provinces can apply only under the self-finance scheme, and some seats are reserved for overseas Pakistanis and differently-abled candidates. All applicants must sit the QUEST Pre-Admission Test and score at least 40 marks. Source: quest.edu.pk/news/212.

Admission Process

Register on the QUEST online admission portal at admissions.quest.edu.pk and fill in the application form (Batch-26 applications opened on 25 April 2026).
Generate the processing-fee challan from the portal and deposit it at any HBL branch; self-finance applicants also submit a bank draft in favour of the Director Finance, QUEST.
Upload a blue-background photograph and the paid challan before the deadline (24 May 2026 for Batch-26).
Download the admit slip from your portal account and appear in the computer-based Pre-Admission Test, held at QUEST Nawabshah from 9 June 2026 on a district-wise schedule.
Check the merit list on the portal, attend the interview or document verification if called, and pay the admission fee to confirm your seat.

Full details of the cycle are on our QUEST Admissions 2026 (Batch-26) record and the QUEST Pre-Admission Test page. Source: official QUEST admission notice.

Fee Structure

The 2026 admission notice gives a one-time self-finance fee for this programme of Rs. 525,000 (self-finance, one-time), inclusive of government tax. Overseas and foreign applicants pay US$ 6,000 by demand draft. Semester fees for regular (merit) seats are not stated in the notice, so check the official website or prospectus for the regular fee schedule. Source: QUEST admission notice Batch-26 (2026), quest.edu.pk admission advertisement PDF.

Career Scope in Pakistan

Building engineers work with developers, construction firms, consulting engineers, government building departments and facilities management companies. Typical jobs are building design engineer, site engineer, services coordinator, estimator and project engineer. The housing boom in Karachi, Hyderabad and the new towns of interior Sindh, as well as Gulf construction markets, sustain demand.

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